I have a problem which is probably easy to solve, but I'm having a hard time with it. The problem is that I can only open one xterm/aterm/etc at a time under X. If I try to open any more as a user (in group tty) it reports that I can't get permission to do that. My permissions seem to be set ok, and even setting the relevant /dev entries 777 doesn't let it work. Here's some text I shunted into a file from my single term window:
**BEGIN** crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 5, 2 Jun 20 19:16 ptmx /dev/pts/* crw--w---- 1 dude dude 136, 0 Jun 20 19:17 0 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ aterm aterm: can't open slave tty /dev/pts/1 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ xterm xterm: Error 1, errno 13: Permission denied **END** The system is an unstable Debian system using 2.4.5-ac16 and devfs/devfsd without the compatability names enabled. I can open one terminal window, but no more. splitvt also fails, I tried that <g> If I delete .Xauthority and su to root, root can open however many xterms as desired. This is a new installation (wanted to repartition the old). Restarting devfsd w/compatability names produces no change. I'd love to get some help fixing this as I do most of my work in xterms. TIA for any help! This one has me puzzled (and using the console <g>). -- Andrew W. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- http://failsure.net/ http://home.cwru.edu/~agw4/ -- Debian GNU/Linux Georgia State U. CS/Networking UG -- VW bus driver
